Combined gasket and protector for carbide lamps



June 14, 1932. F. COLABRESE COMBINED GASKET AND PROTECTOR FOR CARBIDELAMPS Filed Oct. 7, 1951 ATTORNEY Patented June 14, 1932 UNITED STATESFRANCESCO COLABRESE, OF ALBERT, WEST VIRGINIA COMBINED GASKET ANDPROTECTOR FOR CARBIDE LAMPS Application filed October 7, 1931.

This invention relates to combined gaskets and protectors for minerscarbide lamps and similar devices and has for the primary object, theprovision of a device of the above stated character which will providean eiiilatter when emptying or removing carbide or foreign mattertherefrom and which will be prevented from becoming disconnected whenthe lamp is disassembled thereby obviating the loss thereof as nowfrequent with gaskets of the conventional type.

lVith this and other objects in view, this invention consists in certainnovel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts tobe hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of my invention, reference is to be had tothe following description and accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 isa side elevation partly in section illustrating a combined gasket andpro tector applied to a carbide lamp constructed in accordance with myinvention.

Figure 2 is a perspective view illustrating the combined gasket andprotector.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral 1 indicates aconventional type of carbide lamp including the burner or upperstructure 2 threaded to the neck 3 of a bottom 4. By reference toFigure1 it will be seen that the bottom 4 is provided with a neck whichthreads into the neck of the burner or upper structure and the loweredge of the neck of the burner or upper structure is flared as shown at5 to provide a flange.

i structed from rubber or any other material Serial No. 567,513.

suitable for the purpose and includes a body 9 consisting of an annularportion 10 and a conical shaped portion 11 provided with an opening 12to receive or permit the neck of the bottom of the lamp to extendtherethrough with the flange 5 resting upon the conical shaped portion11. The cylindrical shaped portion 10 of the body 9 fits about thebottom 4 of the lamp with the bead 8 fitting within an annular groove asclearly shown in Figure 1, consequently firmly securing the combinedgasket and protector to the lamp.

Then the flange 5 is seated tightly against the conical shaped portion10 the escape of gas from the lamp is prevented and when the burner orupper structure 1 is removed from the bottom 1- of the lamp, the body 9remains on the bottom 4 and protects the latter from injury during theemptying of the bottom 4 of carbide or other foreign matter. Thecustomary practice of miners or other people employing lamps of thischaracter is to strike the bottom 4 against an object to loosen theexhausted carbide so that it may be easily emptied and this practicesoon injures the bottom 4 and to prevent such injuries, the body 9 isprovided and this body tightly gripping the bottom a of the lamp willprevent the loss of the device when the lamp is disassembled.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of myinvention, it will be understood that minor changes in construction,combination and arrangement of parts may be made without departing fromthe spirit and scope of my invention, as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. In combination with a gas lamp having a fuel bowl provided withcylindrical and frusto-conical portions and an attaching neck with aburner deta-chably secured thereto, a cushioned body to form a combinedgasket and protector mounted on the bowl and conformable to thecylindrical and frusto-coni cal portions of the bowl and clamped againstthe frusto-conical portion by the burner.

2. A combined gasket and protector com- Chi prising a cushioned bodyhaving integral frusto-conical and cylindrical portions for mounting onthe bowl of an acetylene lamp and conformable with the frusto-conicaland cylindrical portions of the lamp, said frustoconical portion of thebody having an opening receiving the attaching neck of the lamp andclamped to the frusto-conical portion of the lamp by a lamp burner.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

FRANCESCO 'COLABRESE.

